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Patented July 14, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE II. DAMON, OF PAV PAIV, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,020, dated July 14,1891. Applicationiiiled March l2, 1891. Serial No. 384,701. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE H. DAMON, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Paw Paw, in the county of lLee and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for operating swinginggates; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts,as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view showing my improvements applied to a gate. Fig.2 is a detail sectional View of a part of thewheel and fixtures carriedby the gate-post. Fig. 3 is a side view, partly in section, of theoperating-disk G.

A refers to the main supporting-post, which is provided on one side,with eyes, through which passes a vertical pin which engages eyes on thepost A', which permits said post to have a pivotal movement. The gate isconnected to the pivoted post A by straps a, said gate being made 'up ofthe vertical battens a and b, to which the rails are bolted to allow thegate to be upwardly inclined when desired.

To the center portion of the lower rail of the gate are secured bars BB, their upper ends being connected to each other by a transverse bolt,which passes through a bail secured to the pivoted lever O, said leverbeing provided at its rear end with a box or receptacle c for weight.The outer end of this lever is connected by a chain or rope CZ to thelower end of the post A, so that when the gate is opened in eitherdirection the weighted end of the lever will be drawn downwardly and thefront portion of the gate elevated. The chain d .can be tightened, so asto hold the gate raised to the desired extent when closed. The lever orweighted bar C is pivotally secured to the fixture D, the upper portionof which is bifurcated, and below said bifurcated portion is secured apin e, having a square head which ts Within a rectangular aperture inthe wheel E, said wheel being held above the post A by a pin e. TheWheel E isprovided 'opposite the beveled wheel carries a grooved disk,from which projects ahandle, as shown. To the periphery of the wheel ordisk E are secured cords or iieXible connections g and g', Awhich passpartially around the periphery of said Wheel, and from thence oversuitable guide-pulleys to the disk G, to which they are suitablyattached. This disk G has also at'- tached to its grooved peripherycords or iieXible connections h and h', which pass over suitableguide-pulleys attached to a bracket-arm, the lower ends of said cordsbeing provided with suitable rings.

By providing the gate with the operating devices hereinbefore describedit will be obvious that when the disk G is turned either by drawing uponthe cords h. or h or by turning the disk G one of the flexibleconnections g g Will be drawn upon,while the other is slackened, andthus the disk E will be turned and carry with it the weighted leverattached to the gate, so as to swing the gate open or parallel with thefence. The disk and iieXible connections shown in Fig. l may be repeatedon the other side of the gate, and then by turning the disk G in areverse direction the gate can be closed.

Vhen desired, the gate is provided with a spring-latch H, which can beretracted out of en gagemen t with the catch carried by the gate A2 bydrawing upon the flexible connection e', which passes over suitableguide-pulleys to the bracket-frame, where the end depends between theconnections h and h', and when such a latch is .provided the flexibleconnection z' should be drawn upon before the disk is operated. Ifdesired, instead of using the eXible connections 7L and h', I may use inlieu thereof the horizontal shaft having the gear-wheel and operate thesame either directly by hand or through the intervention of cords.

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Having thus described my inventiomwhat I claim as new, and desire toseoure'by Letters Patent, is

l. In combination with a swinging gate, the post A, Carrying a revolubledisk E, a iiXture D serving as a bearing for securing the saine to thegate, said fixture moving with the disk and carrying a weighted leverO,Whioh is oonneeted to the gate and to the gate-post, substantially asset forth. v

2. The Combination, in a swinging gate, of a supporting-post A, havingpivotallyseoured at its upper end a disk, a pivoted lever nioving withsaid disk, said lever being oonneeted to the gate and by a flexibleconnection to the gate-post, and means, substantially as shown, forturning said disk so as to open and elevate the gate, for the purposeset forth.

3. In combination with a swinging gate, a post provided at its upper endwith a disk E, having a bifuroated fixture which turns with the disk, aweighted bar secured to the xture and connected to the gate andgate-post, cords GEORGE H. DAMON.

Witnesses: V-

ROBERT RioHnY, DAVID E. THOMAS.

